Posts by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
(DIR) Post #AthauxSQEqNmUgmpou by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-03T01:54:28Z
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@futurebirdI couldn't see this right away, so I read the alt text first.
(DIR) Post #AtkENwRxLesEIOIf4q by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-04T08:26:07Z
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@futurebirdOf course we have the tech to do this. The Bronze Age had the tech to do this. We know because they did this (the version with variable hour lengths).
(DIR) Post #AtlajShV1p6CYBCGi8 by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-05T00:11:15Z
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@futurebirdI voted for bringing back Ice Age creatures because there are real scientists trying to do thi, or even claiming to do it when they're not, and causing real harm thereby (see recent Trump administration comments on endangered species and dire wolves).
(DIR) Post #AuMh1iLlFGELWHR0Qy by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-22T21:45:57Z
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@futurebirdAnd it's not like size 10 is was 10 barleycorns either. If I remember correctly, size 13 was 13 inches, and then the sizes differed by one barleycorn, so size 10 would be 12 inches, size 6 would be 10⅔ inches, etc.
(DIR) Post #Avn74e1TjfmajOE760 by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-07-04T13:32:31Z
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@futurebirdHe'd also be annoyed because Iranians (the vast majority of them anyway) aren't Arabs, but you're still right because the racists don't care.
(DIR) Post #Avn7JmDzWX8QVpILpI by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-07-04T13:35:16Z
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@futurebirdHe'd also be annoyed because Iranians (the vast majority of them anyway) aren't Arabs, but you're still right because the racists don't care.
(DIR) Post #AvzKXWoHGKog3kfrA8 by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-04-25T00:06:46Z
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@gregeganSF @johncarlosbaezNice! Although to square the circle, you need a segment of length √π, not length π. (Both are impossible in finite time with straightedge and compass, since π is transcendental.)
(DIR) Post #AvzUcZULjKELMAOdrk by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-07-10T12:52:56Z
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@futurebirdFor addresses that accept U.S. mail (which is most of them in the USA), the USPS has a standard form for addresses and even a free pre-GenAI tool for standardizing them (nominally intended to look up the zip+4): https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm (although to make it easier, it standardizes on all caps).
(DIR) Post #Aw8it57ln4kHIRg8Z6 by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-07-14T23:44:10Z
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@futurebirdHow about letters? (interment/internment)I'd say that's a serious possibility but they're not there yet.
(DIR) Post #Aw8lYUQonsK9ZCSeVU by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-07-14T23:48:33Z
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@futurebirdHow about letters? (interment/internment)I'd say that mass interment is a serious possibility, although they're not there yet (and hopefully we'll stop them first).
(DIR) Post #AwUrMUjGFmbgkEXQAK by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-07-25T16:03:46Z
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@futurebirdSometimes when people say stuff like this, they resign. (‘Even though scandal is fake, I don't want it to be a distraction.’) But not in Trump's world.
(DIR) Post #AwUryVDsrizpHSz8zY by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-07-25T16:10:40Z
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@futurebirdOh, that's right! And even before Epstein died. The first Trump administration really was a different world.
(DIR) Post #Ax0j4FUZmCCDhXzi1A by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-08-10T01:01:36Z
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@futurebirdTaking him off of suicide watch is the key to this. Yes, the Trump administration wanted him dead. But if he also wanted himself dead, then there's no need to murder him. He died by suicide, *and* they killed him.
(DIR) Post #Axc2XqY8AFB70a07tI by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-08-28T01:04:10Z
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@futurebirdThe PBS KIDS Games App is still there on the Google Play Store. Get it while you can!
(DIR) Post #AzUMcFrfTIUlkHLpWC by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-10-23T03:52:14Z
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@gloriouscow @futurebirdI feel like the beard is not the most notable thing about ‘Bearded Superman’ and he might have been better called something else.
(DIR) Post #AzUMonsGqlFehRcITI by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-10-23T03:57:52Z
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@futurebird @gloriouscowThat gets me thinking: Does his X-ray vision reflect in a mirror or just see through the mirror? Maybe the mirror needs to be lead-backed instead of silver-backed.
(DIR) Post #B0hqwvrMmaZR9FkPjM by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-11-28T13:26:54Z
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@lowqualityfactsEagles > Seals
(DIR) Post #B1ZifTkO0mC2PGExH6 by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-12-24T13:40:26Z
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@futurebirdI would prefer to make the case for sounding like the Bene Gesserit.
(DIR) Post #B1clp9nPvWDklHqP0C by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-12-26T00:59:54Z
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@lowqualityfactsThis is a common misconception. Only Orville wanted to destroy the plane out of fear that God would punish them for mimicking birds (the power of flight). Wilbur wanted to destroy the plane out of fear that God would punish them for NOT mimicking birds (using fixed wings instead of flapping). They agreed that their invention was a mockery of nature, but they differed on exactly why.
(DIR) Post #B1kYzgzBdclUSEipPc by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-12-29T19:13:51Z
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@lowqualityfactsExcuse me, are you saying that your low quality facts have not in fact been facts at all???